Haemophilus influenzae type E meningitis and bacteremia in a healthy adult

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 195-198

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type e; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847025278     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.1807     Document Type: Article

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